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30 Thief Bible Verse

  1. Matthew 6:19-20 (NIV):

    Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moths and vermin destroy, and where thieves break in and steal. But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where moths and vermin do not destroy, and where thieves do not break in and steal.

  2. Proverbs 6:30-31 (NIV):

    People do not despise a thief if he steals to satisfy his hunger when he is starving. Yet if he is caught, he must pay sevenfold, though it costs him all the wealth of his house.

  3. Luke 12:33 (NIV):

    Sell your possessions and give to the poor. Provide purses for yourselves that will not wear out, a treasure in heaven that will never fail, where no thief comes near and no moth destroys.

  4. John 10:10 (NIV):

    The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full.

  5. 1 Thessalonians 5:2-4 (NIV):

    for you know very well that the day of the Lord will come like a thief in the night. While people are saying, ‘Peace and safety,’ destruction will come on them suddenly, as labor pains on a pregnant woman, and they will not escape. But you, brothers and sisters, are not in darkness so that this day should surprise you like a thief.

  6. Matthew 24:43-44 (NIV):

    But understand this: If the owner of the house had known at what time of night the thief was coming, he would have kept watch and would not have let his house be broken into. So you also must be ready, because the Son of Man will come at an hour when you do not expect him.

  7. Proverbs 29:24 (NIV):

    The accomplices of thieves are their own enemies; they are put under oath and dare not testify.

  8. Exodus 22:2-3 (NIV):

    If a thief is caught breaking in at night and is struck a fatal blow, the defender is not guilty of bloodshed; but if it happens after sunrise, the defender is guilty of bloodshed.

  9. Luke 12:39 (NIV):

    But understand this: If the owner of the house had known at what hour the thief was coming, he would not have let his house be broken into.

  10. Matthew 24:42 (NIV):

    Therefore keep watch, because you do not know on what day your Lord will come.

  11. Matthew 24:44 (NIV):

    So you also must be ready, because the Son of Man will come at an hour when you do not expect him.

  12. Luke 12:20 (NIV):

    But God said to him, ‘You fool! This very night your life will be demanded from you. Then who will get what you have prepared for yourself?’

  13. Luke 11:21 (NIV):

    When a strong man, fully armed, guards his own house, his possessions are safe.

  14. Matthew 26:55 (NIV):

    In that hour Jesus said to the crowd, ‘Am I leading a rebellion, that you have come out with swords and clubs to capture me? Every day I sat in the temple courts teaching, and you did not arrest me.‘”

  15. Luke 10:30 (NIV):

    In reply Jesus said: ‘A man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, when he was attacked by robbers. They stripped him of his clothes, beat him and went away, leaving him half dead.‘”

  16. Luke 22:52 (NIV):

    Then Jesus said to the chief priests, the officers of the temple guard, and the elders, who had come for him, ‘Am I leading a rebellion, that you have come with swords and clubs?

  17. Proverbs 30:8-9 (NIV):

    Keep falsehood and lies far from me; give me neither poverty nor riches, but give me only my daily bread. Otherwise, I may have too much and disown you and say, ‘Who is the Lord?’ Or I may become poor and steal, and so dishonor the name of my God.

  18. John 10:1 (NIV):

    Very truly I tell you Pharisees, anyone who does not enter the sheep pen by the gate, but climbs in by some other way, is a thief and a robber.

  19. 1 Corinthians 6:9-10 (NIV):

    Or do you not know that wrongdoers will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: Neither the sexually immoral nor idolaters nor adulterers nor men who have sex with men nor thieves nor the greedy nor drunkards nor slanderers nor swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God.

  20. 1 Peter 4:15 (NIV):

    If you suffer, it should not be as a murderer or thief or any other kind of criminal, or even as a meddler.

  21. 1 Thessalonians 5:4 (NIV):

    But you, brothers and sisters, are not in darkness so that this day should surprise you like a thief.

  22. Jeremiah 2:26-27 (NIV):

    As a thief is disgraced when he is caught, so the people of Israel are disgraced— they, their kings and their officials, their priests and their prophets. They say to wood, ‘You are my father,’ and to stone, ‘You gave me birth.’ They have turned their backs to me and not their faces; yet when they are in trouble, they say, ‘Come and save us!’

  23. Revelation 3:3 (NIV):

    Remember, therefore, what you have received and heard; hold it fast, and repent. But if you do not wake up, I will come like a thief, and you will not know at what time I will come to you.

  24. Exodus 22:7 (NIV):

    If anyone gives a neighbor silver or goods for safekeeping and they are stolen from the neighbor’s house, the thief, if caught, must pay back double.

  25. 1 Corinthians 6:10 (NIV):

    nor thieves nor the greedy nor drunkards nor slanderers nor swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God.

  26. Luke 23:39-43 (NIV):

    One of the criminals who hung there hurled insults at him: ‘Aren’t you the Messiah? Save yourself and us!’ But the other criminal rebuked him. ‘Don’t you fear God,’ he said, ‘since you are under the same sentence? We are punished justly, for we are getting what our deeds deserve. But this man has done nothing wrong.’ Then he said, ‘Jesus, remember me when you come into your kingdom.’ Jesus answered him, ‘Truly I tell you, today you will be with me in paradise.‘”

  27. Matthew 6:19-21 (NIV):

    Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moths and vermin destroy, and where thieves break in and steal. But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where moths and vermin do not destroy, and where thieves do not break in and steal. For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.

  28. Isaiah 61:8 (NIV):

    For I, the Lord, love justice; I hate robbery and wrongdoing. In my faithfulness I will reward my people and make an everlasting covenant with them.

  29. John 10:8 (NIV):

    All who have come before me are thieves and robbers, but the sheep have not listened to them.

  30. Luke 12:39-40 (NIV):

    But understand this: If the owner of the house had known at what hour the thief was coming, he would not have let his house be broken into. You also must be ready, because the Son of Man will come at an hour when you do not expect him.